Laptop HDD SMART failing
Acer aspire noted below HDD is failing SMART warning, I have grabbed family phots and some tunes as it is a lappy it only came with an acer recovery CD OS is XP Pro.
I tried the acer europe site and its recommend return to dealer for HDD upgrade
The big ask any recommendations of freeware to backup the OS only, the rest of the clutter is just that and can die with the HDD. It has Norton system tools on it not the carp new one but 2000.
disk doctor cannot run as windows has claimed the drive WTF, anyone know if norton will run in safe mode?? next question anyone know how to get at the HDD I thought it was accesible when the battery was removed no dice, I am thinking full strip down is the only option.
rig3 The Dagda Acer aspire 1353 xv, AthlonXP-M 2400, 512 Mb PC2700 .
I tried the acer europe site and its recommend return to dealer for HDD upgrade
The big ask any recommendations of freeware to backup the OS only, the rest of the clutter is just that and can die with the HDD. It has Norton system tools on it not the carp new one but 2000.
disk doctor cannot run as windows has claimed the drive WTF, anyone know if norton will run in safe mode?? next question anyone know how to get at the HDD I thought it was accesible when the battery was removed no dice, I am thinking full strip down is the only option.
rig3 The Dagda Acer aspire 1353 xv, AthlonXP-M 2400, 512 Mb PC2700 .
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I don't remember or not if the 2000 version has USB 2.0 support, but that would only cause your USB backup drive to operate at 1.1 speed - SLOW.